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Melvin Bodine Stewart
Nov 15, 2014
Melvin Bodine Stewart, 78, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Saturday, November, 15, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Stewart was born August 8, 1936 in Tippah County, Mississippi, to the late Lester Homer and Mildred Idona Bishop Stewart. On July 26, 1957 he and Betty Joyce Goodson were married in Aurora, Illinois. She survives of the home. Mr. Stewart...
Daisy Merle Whitener
Nov 15, 2014
Merle Whitener, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Whitener was born July 24, 1922 in Annapolis, Mo. Before retiring, she had worked as a nurse's aide at Brandon and Lucy Lee Hospitals. She was an animal lover and spent her entire retirement taking care of...
Geraldine Mae Kane
Nov 15, 2014
Geraldine Mae Kane, 93, formerly of Fenton, Michigan, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014, at her son's residence in Poplar Bluff, MO. Mrs. Kane was born February 8, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, to the late Donald and Ester Warfield Keeney. On December 2, 1939, she married Dennis Patrick Kane, Jr. in Grand Blanc, Michigan. She was of the Lutheran...
Audrey Nadine Brake
Nov 14, 2014
Audrey Nadine Brake, 84, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Brake was born February 14, 1930 in Chaonia, MO, to John Alexander and Minnie Louiza Leach Atnip. On October 15, 1950 she and Cecil Brake were married in Poplar Bluff, MO he survives of the home. She was a...
Lucas Nathaniel Francis
Nov 10, 2014
Lucas Nathaniel Francis, 24, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 in Potosi, Mo. as the result of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Lucas was born July 17, 1990 in Poplar Bluff to Kenneth M. Francis, Jr. and Monique R. Lawrence Francis Gribbins. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and...
Merl Jean Black
Nov 10, 2014
Merl Jean Black, 89, formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, November 10, 2014 at Independence Care Center in Perryville, MO. Mrs. Black was born December 14, 1924 in Poplar Bluff to the late James E. and Malissa C. Heady Markham. She was married to Walter Black, who passed June 5, 1994. She was a member of Sacred Heart...
Terry Edward Simmons
Nov 7, 2014
Terry Edward Simmons, 61, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014, at Clark Mountain Nursing Home, in Piedmont, MO. Mr. Simmons was born April 5, 1953, in Poplar Bluff, MO to the late Edward Simmons and Mary Lea Simmons Bland. Mr. Simmons was a member of the First Baptist Church, was a 1971 graduate of Poplar Bluff...

Helen Margarette Haywood
Nov 7, 2014
Helen Margarette Haywood, 91, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau, MO. Ms. Haywood was born January 21, 1923, in Piggott, AR to the late Jake and Elizabeth Latte Haywood. She was a member of Highland Drive Church of Christ and enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening,...

Larry Wayne Ash
Nov 6, 2014
Larry was born on May 9, 1947 and passed away on Thursday, November 6, 2014. Larry was a resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Carol Ann Miller
Nov 5, 2014
Carol Ann Miller was born and raised In Poplar Bluff,MO, and graduated from PBHS in 1957. She worked at the Poplar Bluff Public Library from 1953 until 1960. Married Jerry Lee Miller in 1960. Son Jay was born 1963. Son Carl (Tony) born in 1966. Jerry was in the Marine Corp and was killed in Vietnam in 1967. During...
Marion Weldon West
Nov 3, 2014
Marion Weldon West, 85, of Poplar Bluff passed away Monday, November 3, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. West was born September 20, 1929 in Poplar Bluff to the late Henry Celester and Florence Mae (Briggs) West. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and Chamber of Commerce in Poplar Bluff. Mr. West owned and...
Vivian Nadine Stevenson
Nov 3, 2014
Vivian Nadine Stevenson, 93, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Basehor, Kans., passed away Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Stevenson was born Sept. 5, 1921 in Albany, Mo. to the late Clifford and Jewell (Leake) Wilson. She was a member of Westwood Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and was a homemaker. Mrs. Stevenson enjoyed...
Jerry Reed
Nov 2, 2014
Jerry Reed, 79, of Poplar Bluff, MO., passed away Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Reed was born Sept. 4, 1935 in Des Arc, Mo., to the late John Reed and Lorraine Reed Ogden. He was a retired roofer and enjoyed fishing. Survivors include an aunt, Geraldine Schlecter, of Ballwin, Mo.; and two nephews,...
Alysha Liu
Nov 1, 2014
Alysha Liu, 27, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 at the Sonshine Home where she had resided for the past 18 years in Poplar Bluff. Alysha was born May 1, 1987 in Springfield, Mo. to Chin Yu and Li Mei Liu. She attended New Hope Missionary Baptist Church and was disabled. Survivors include her friends...
Marjorie Mae Belknap
Oct 30, 2014
Marjorie Mae Belknap, 93, of Poplar Bluff passed away on Thursday October 30, 2014. Marge was born on July 18, 1921 to the late Marie Van Dyne Boeving and the late Hugo Boeving. After graduating from Poplar Bluff High School in 1938, she earned a degree from Fontbonne College in St Louis, Missouri graduating in 1943. She was married...
Maona Brown Kysar
Oct 27, 2014
Maona Kysar, 80, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Kysar was born March 15, 1934 in Butler County to the late Ralph and Genettie Hill Brown. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Kysar loved spending time with her family, especially...
Marvin L. Sheridan
Oct 27, 2014
Marvin L. Sheridan, 65, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Sheridan was born December 6, 1948, in Doniphan, MO, to Albert and Thelma Cope Sheridan. On August 14, 1976, he and Brenda McGowen were married at Little Brushy Baptist Church in Wappapello, where he was a member. He...
Bessie Cadeonce Sr
Oct 27, 2014
Bessie Cade Sronce, 65, of Hunter, MO, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2014, at her residence. Ms. Sronce was born January 18, 1949, in Broseley, MO, to James Isaac Franklin and Pearl Cornell Cade. She was of the Baptist faith, a partner with Genesco Enterprises, and enjoyed being with her friends and family. Survivors include her daughter, Melissa Fouts,...
Charles Shod Longbottom
Oct 24, 2014
Charles ""Shod"" Longbottom, 83, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Longbottom, the baby of 9 children, was born November 6, 1930 in Ellsinore, Mo to the late James Elijah and Ida Mae Winds Longbottom. He and Betty L. Bradley were married November 10, 1953 in Poplar Bluff. She...
Elsie Ruth (Brown) Sparkman
Oct 22, 2014
Elsie Ruth (Brown) Sparkman passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Oct. 22, 2014. Mother experienced no pain or fear. She was 89 years old when she died. Born on Dec. 14, 1924 in the rural outskirts of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Mom was the oldest of Ray Revere and Myrtle Bertha (Sample) Brown's three...